Hillend

Hillend is a small country house built in 1910 for the agent of the Eastnor Castle Estate. It features red brick construction, a hipped plain tile roof, and a brick cornice with decorative modillions. The brick stacks are adorned with blind arcading, and there is a central open timber bell-turret with an ogee-headed top, reflecting a late 17th century to early 18th century style. The house has two storeys on a plinth and attics, with the garden elevation displaying a layout of 2:1:3:1:2 bays, divided and terminated by channelled pilaster strips.

The central bay is slightly advanced and topped with a pediment. It includes 18-pane glazing bar sash windows set in exposed boxes. The first-floor central feature is a variation of a Venetian window, with the entablature marked by a course of brick; the outer lights are blocked and decorated with ovals and drapery, while a cartouche is found in the tympanum of the broken pediment above. The entrance features a central glazed and panelled door within a doorcase that has a broken pediment supported by brackets.

The entrance elevation is E-plan with a configuration of 1:5:1 bays. Narrow 18-pane glazing bar sash windows in the centre are separated by pilasters that rise from a first-floor string course. Small round windows are present on the ground floor. The central bay is again advanced and topped with a pediment, and there is a panelled and enriched door beneath a lintel decorated with a swag, all sheltered by a flat hood on carved consoles. The wings of the house feature channelled pilaster strips and arch-headed windows. The downpipes have dated rainwater heads. A single-storey and attic service wing is attached to the left (east) side of the house. Hillend shares some architectural similarities with Donnington Hall, which suggests it may have been designed by the architect Ogilvy.